To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part II’’. SEC. 2. ADVANCES.

23 USC 104 note.

VerDate 14-DEC-2004

08:19 Oct 26, 2006

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a)(1) of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 118 Stat. 1144; 119 Stat. 324) is amended by striking ‘‘and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part II’’. (b) PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTIONS.— (1) SPECIAL RULES FOR MINIMUM GUARANTEE.—Section 2(b)(4) of such Act (119 Stat. 324) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,240,000,000’’. (2) EXTENSION OF OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGE SETASIDE.—Section 144(g)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘June 30’’ inserting ‘‘July 19’’. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Section 1101(l)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (118 Stat. 1145; 119 Stat. 324) is amended by striking ‘‘$25,521,678,000 for the period of October 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘$27,223,123,200 for the period of October 1, 2004, through July 19, 2005’’. (d) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—Section 2(e) of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (118 Stat. 1146; 119 Stat. 324) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking ‘‘June 30’’ and inserting ‘‘July 19’’; (B) by striking ‘‘and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part II’’; and 9⁄12’’ and inserting ‘‘80 percent’’; and (C) by striking ‘‘ (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2005, shall not exceed $26,025,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘July 19, 2005, shall not exceed $27,760,000,000’’; and